NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA72DKJ26
Registry · N5051E
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELLANCA 7GCBC
Year of manufacture
1979
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19790531
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A64F03
Registrant of record
FIELDING JOHN N
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
AERO COMDR 680T · N5051E
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Personal/private
Airport
MOBILE AEROSPACE
Kind of flying
B2
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001752
Total time
968 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
5,658
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
R.
Investigator remarks
BLOWN NOSE GR TIRE PRECLUDED EXTENSION OF NOSE G
Cause factors
- 70/A/CF A AIRFRAME WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 88/A/95 A MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 4090.
Source file
NTSB_1971_3_4090.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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